Amid the hustle and bustle of Starbucks yesterday morning, I finally finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's a weird feeling when you spend nearly a couple of months with an entire fictitious world and then suddenly have to say goodbye. For Christmas, I received The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories set in the same magical world. At least I'll be able to dip into that now and again when I need a quick fix.
In all, I found the book to be an amazing fairy tale. Clarke's almost Jane Austen-like writing style served the story perfectly; it made the light passages more innocent and the dark passages more eerie and menacing. I loved how all of the various stories threaded together so beautifully at the end.
Now I'm ready to start another Christmas-gift novel by a favorite of mine; jPod by Douglas Coupland. I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it already. Here's the opening passage:
"Oh God. I feel like a refugee from a Douglas Coupland novel."
"That asshole."
"Who does he think he is?"
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